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| Episode 85- Seinfeld- The Chicken Roaster | 30 mars 2025 | 01:04:16 | |
Jerry and Kramer are affected when a celebrity opens a new restaurant in the neighborhood and the eatery's sign shines its neon light directly into Kramer's apartment
Original airdate- November 14, 1996
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| Episode 84- Full House- Aftershocks | 10 mars 2025 | 00:56:36 | |
Stephanie suddenly becomes very possessive of her dad; D.J. gets her first blemish
Original airdate- December 8, 1989
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| Episode 83- The Simpsons- Homer's Barbershop Quartet | 16 févr. 2025 | 01:01:58 | |
At the Springfield Swap Meet, Bart and Lisa notice Homer on the cover of an LP album. Homer tells the story of how he, Principal Skinner, Barney, and Apu recorded a barbershop quartet album in 1985, which catapulted them to national fame.
Original airdate- September 30, 1993
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| Episode 82- The Wonder Years- Pottery Will Get You Nowhere | 02 févr. 2025 | 00:54:18 | |
When Kevin's mother, Norma (Alley Mills) decides to take a pottery class, but Jack is less than excited for his wife which deeply disappoints her.
Original airdate- February 1, 1989 (Exactly 36 years ago!!!)
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| Episode 81- The Golden Girls- Grab That Dough | 09 oct. 2024 | 00:53:20 | |
A trip to Hollywood to compete on their favorite game show turns sour for the roommates
Original airdate- January 23, 1988
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| Episode 80- The Simpsons- Bart of Darkness | 02 sept. 2024 | 01:09:28 | |
Bart and Lisa use not-so-idle threats to convince Homer to buy a swimming pool, and Bart suspects Flanders has killed his wife when he spies on him through the rear window Episode talk starts at 14 min
Original airdate- September 4, 1994
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| Special tribute to Shannen Doherty | 24 juil. 2024 | 00:30:26 | |
RIP Shannen Doherty April 12, 1971- July 13, 2024 | |||
| Episode 79- The Simpsons- Homer's Phobia | 01 juil. 2024 | 01:14:24 | |
When Bart befriends a gay antiques dealer, homophobic Homer decides to bring out his son's masculine side by taking him hunting, but all does not go to plan I know, I know. Stefan and I tend to ramble a little, so I am going to start putting time stamps on the episodes This episode starts at 16:09 : )
Original airdate- February 16, 1997
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| Episode 78- Married With Children- He Thought He Could | 19 avr. 2024 | 00:48:06 | |
Al Bundy discovers a library book that was due in 1957 and discovers he owes a fine of over $2,000. He must return it to the library and face up to his worst childhood fear, namely the librarian
Original airdate- November 6, 1988
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| Episode 77- South Park- Casa Bonita | 21 févr. 2024 | 00:53:10 | |
With special guests Stefan and Matt
Kyle chooses Stan, Kenny and Butters to celebrate his birthday at Casa Bonita. When Cartman finds out he's not invited, he arranges for Butters to conveniently go "missing."
Original airdate- November 12, 2003
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| Episode 76- The Golden Girls- A Midwinter's Nights Dream | 25 janv. 2024 | 00:56:47 | |
As the leap year's full moon rises over Miami, the ladies are caught in a series of strange happenings; Blanche throws a Moonlight Madness Party.
Original airdate- Feb 29, 1992
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| Episode 75- The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror part 2 | 08 nov. 2023 | 00:52:14 | |
Stefan and I once again review some of our favorite segments from the Treehouse of Horror series
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| Episode 74- The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror part 1 | 20 oct. 2023 | 00:49:19 | |
Stefan and I review our favorite segments from the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes. It was hard to choose just 3 which is why we're coming back with part 2!
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| Episode 73- The Simpsons- Marge Vs. The Monorail | 28 sept. 2023 | 01:00:11 | |
When Springfield decides to install a monorail system, Homer gets the job as conductor, but has no idea what he's doing, although he does get to wear a cape. When the monorail opens, all hell breaks loose and it's down to Homer and Bart to save the passengers
Original airdate- January 14, 1993
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| Episode 72- Married With Children- Poppy’s By the Tree, part 2 | 05 août 2023 | 00:54:12 | |
With special guests Stefan and Stephen After a hair-raising encounter with the maniac, Al decides to get the family out of town. But they realize that they are trapped at the motel by a storm and the locals are unwilling to help them. Then things take a turn when Peggy is taken hostage by the ax murderer in a room and Al must rescue her Original airdate- September 27, 1987
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| Episode 71- Married With Children- Poppy’s By the Tree, part 1 | 13 juil. 2023 | 00:50:46 | |
With two very special guests Stefan and Stephen. Ya, that's not confusing at all! lol The Bundys take a vacation to near-beautiful Dumpwater, Florida and stay in a cut-rate motel where an ax murderer that hates tourists, shows up every five years since 1967, and redneck locals begin to make bets on who the psycho will strike next.
Original airdate- Sept 27, 1987
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| Episode 70- The Nanny- The Party’s Over | 08 juil. 2023 | 00:41:31 | |
In this very silly episode, Fran is arrested for owning an unlicensed singles party business, and Uncle Manny comes to the rescue.
Original airdate- November 6, 1995
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| Episode 69- Beverly Hills 90210- Misery Loves Company | 01 juil. 2023 | 01:15:22 | |
Brenda and Dylan conspire to keep their romance alive and Brandon returns to his summer job at the Beverly Hills Beach Club
Original airdate- July 15, 1992
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| Episode 68- Family Guy- Fifteen Minutes of Shame | 30 mai 2023 | 00:56:39 | |
After Meg exposes the family on a talk show, network executives turn the Griffins' exciting and confusing life into a reality series
Original airdate- April 25, 2000
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| Episode 67- The Simpsons- Homer Badman | 29 mars 2023 | 00:59:36 | |
With special guest Stefan! After retrieving a piece of candy stuck to a college co-ed's pants, Homer becomes public enemy number one when the co-ed accuses Homer of touching her butt and the media makes Homer out to be a pervert
Original airdate- November 27, 1994
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| Episode 66- The Simpsons- Simpsonscalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt) | 14 févr. 2023 | 01:01:19 | |
Marge is stressed from motherhood and hires a British nanny to help out around the house, who struggles to teach Bart and Lisa how to behave
Original airdate- February 7, 1997
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| Episode 65- South Park- Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! | 18 déc. 2022 | 00:35:20 | |
Merry Christmas everybody!
Stan sneaks out of the house to join the Cartman family's holiday celebration, and Uncle Howard escapes from prison
With special guest Stefan Heikel!
Original airdate- December 9, 1998
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| Episode 64- Three’s Company- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | 25 nov. 2022 | 00:29:09 | |
When Furley discovers Ray Martin, the nice, handsome man Janet and Jack fixed Terri up with in the flower shop, is a convicted murderer, all havoc breaks loose
Original airdate- January 4, 1983
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| Episode 63- Family Guy- And Then There Were Fewer, Part 2 | 16 oct. 2022 | 00:48:52 | |
The Griffins and other residents of Quahog are invited to visit the mansion of James Woods. The evening turns into a real murder mystery when guests end up dead and everyone scrambles to figure out whodunnit.
Original airdate- September 26, 2010
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| Episode 62- Family Guy- And Then There Were Fewer, part 1 | 09 oct. 2022 | 00:44:43 | |
With special guest Stefan Heikel! The Griffins and other residents of Quahog are invited to visit the mansion of James Woods. The evening turns into a real murder mystery when guests end up dead and everyone scrambles to figure out whodunnit
Original airdate- Sept 26, 2010
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| Episode 61- The Simpsons- Homer at the Bat | 27 sept. 2022 | 00:52:44 | |
Homer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.
Original airdate- February 20, 1992
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| Episode 60- Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part 2 | 04 sept. 2022 | 01:07:04 | |
With special guest Stefan Heikel! Mr. Burns' mystery attacker is finally revealed. There's a shock confession, and Homer has a clear motive, but could the truth be even more bizarre?
Original airdate- September 17, 1995
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| Episode 59- The Simpsons- Who Shot Mr. Burns Pt 1 | 02 sept. 2022 | 01:15:15 | |
With special guest Stefan Heikel! Mr Burns is found shot and everyone in Springfield has a motive. He stole the school's oil, he injured Santa's Little Helper, he prevented the school from hiring Tito Puentes and he forced Moe's to close down.
Original airdate- May 21, 1995
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| Episode 58- Married With Children- Her Cups Runneth Over | 11 août 2022 | 00:51:51 | |
Peggy is depressed on her birthday when she discovers that her favorite bra is discontinued, so Al must go to a far-off lingerie outlet store to buy the discontinued bra for Peggy
Original airdate- January 15, 1989
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| Episode 57- The Simpsons- The Summer of 4ft2 | 25 juil. 2022 | 01:21:01 | |
After realizing how unpopular she is, a disillusioned Lisa sees the vacation to Ned Flanders' beach house as an opportunity to reinvent herself
Original airdate- May 19, 1996
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| Episode 56- The Golden Girls- The Case of the Libertine Belle | 12 juin 2022 | 00:56:11 | |
Blanche becomes the prime suspect when the roommates go on a murder-mystery weekend With special guest Stefan Heikel!
Original airdate- September 28, 1991 | |||
| Episode 55- The Simpsons- Cape Feare | 23 mai 2022 | 00:43:00 | |
Krusty's ex-sidekick, Sideshow Bob, returns to Springfield for revenge against Bart for exposing his murder plot
Original airdate- October 7, 1993
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| Episode 54- Punky Brewster- Accidents Happen | 15 mai 2022 | 00:49:19 | |
Mike tries to help his class understand the Challenger space shuttle tragedy -- especially Punky, whose dream is to become an astronaut
Original airdate- March 9. 1986
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| Episode 53- The Nanny- I Don’t Remember Mama | 07 mai 2022 | 00:54:23 | |
With special guest Stefan Heikel! When Fran and Grace enter a mother-daughter beauty contest, Grace reveals that she can't remember her real mother
Original airdate- May 16, 1994
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| Episode 52- Beverly Hills 90210- P.S. I Love You, part 2 | 30 avr. 2022 | 01:13:56 | |
With special guest Amber!!! Kelly gets a chilly reception from Brandon; Donna is injured in a fight with Ray; Dylan learns that Tom knows something about his father's death
Original airdate- May 24, 1995
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| Episode 51- Beverly Hills 90210- P.S. I Love You-Part 1 | 19 avr. 2022 | 01:48:13 | |
With special guest Amber!!! Jim and Cindy (James Eckhouse, Carol Potter) are forced to put their house up for sale; Brandon (Jason Priestley) decides to participate in the KEG/ALPHA national convention in Palm Springs; Kelly (Jennie Garth) spends the day with Alison (Sara Melson)
Original airdate- May 24, 1995
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| Episode 50- Teen Mom OG- Back and Better Than Ever | 12 avr. 2022 | 00:53:14 | |
Cate and Tyler learn they are pregnant, spurring Cate to seek marriage; Maci struggles to co-parent with Ryan; Amber falls for Gary's flirting, but is sad to learn he went on a family vacation with his new girlfriend Original airdate- March 23, 2005
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| Episode 49- Seinfeld- The Outing | 05 avr. 2022 | 00:53:29 | |
A prank by Elaine leads a newspaper journalist to think that Jerry and George are gay
Original airdate- February 11, 1993
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| Episode 48- Married With Children- You Better Shop Around pts 1 and 2 | 22 mars 2022 | 01:06:44 | |
Al battles Marcy when he is chosen as a supermarket's one millionth customer. The Bundys and D'Arcys shop 'til they drop to see who will win $1,000 in groceries
Original airdates- April 14, April 21- 1991
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| Episode 47- I Love Lucy- Lucy Tells the Truth | 26 janv. 2022 | 00:38:25 | |
Fed up with Lucy's constant fibbing, Ricky and the Mertzes bet her a hundred dollars that she can't go twenty-four hours without telling a lie.
Original airdate- November 9, 1953 | |||
| Episode 46- Full House- Secret Admirer | 16 janv. 2022 | 00:39:00 | |
RIP Bob Saget : ( The Tanners invite Cindy and Rusty over again for a backyard barbecue. Rusty writes a phony love letter which causes confusion as each member of the household reads it in turn, all believing it to be from a different person
Original airdate- December 7, 1990 Follow me on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/215347086723167
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| Episode 45- The Wonder Years- Birthday Boy | 09 janv. 2022 | 00:38:43 | |
Paul Pfeiffer and Kevin Arnold's birthdays are just days apart, and the two friends have usually always celebrated together. But this year, upon turning 13 Paul(as per Jewish Tradition), will become a man. The only problem is that Paul's Bar Mitzvah happens to take place on the same day as Kevin's Birthday!
Original airdate- April 11, 1989 | |||
| Episode 44- The Sopranos- Pine Barrens | 03 janv. 2022 | 01:16:27 | |
While Silvio has the flu, Chris and Paulie run his collections for him, which results in the pair getting lost in the woods and nearly freezing to death while Tony's affair with Gloria goes sour as does Meadow's relationship with Jackie Jr.
Original airdate- May 6, 2001 | |||
| Episode 43- Full House- Our Very First Christmas Show | 20 déc. 2021 | 00:59:46 | |
The family gets snowed in at an airport on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, Stephanie worries that Santa won't be able to find her Original airdate- December 16, 1988 Merry Christmas to all my listeners!
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| Episode 42- TheOffice- Christmas Party | 13 déc. 2021 | 01:03:23 | |
In this episode, the office throws a Christmas party and plays Secret Santa. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), having put much effort into finding a gift for Pam (Jenna Fischer), becomes frustrated when Michael Scott (Steve Carell) makes everyone play "Yankee Swap", and an iPod that Michael bought for Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) becomes the hot object of the game
Original airdate- December 6, 2005
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| Episode 41- Dexter- Hungry Man | 21 nov. 2021 | 01:00:42 | |
Happy Thanksgiving to you all out there in TV land!
Dexter spends Thanksgiving with his rival, Arthur, but instead of family fun the holiday takes a twisted turn at the Miller residence. Back at the Morgans', Rita and Elliot get their hands dirty with more than just turkey grease.
Original airdate- November 22, 2009
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| Episode 40- Full House- The Miracle of Thanksgiving | 14 nov. 2021 | 00:36:16 | |
When his first Thanksgiving without his wife Pam arrives, Danny is determined to make the day extra special for his daughters. The men try to make restaurant reservations, but D.J. and Stephanie encourage them to have the festivities at home
Original airdate- November 20, 1987
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| Episode 39- South Park- Starvin‘ Marvin | 07 nov. 2021 | 00:40:02 | |
The boys are watching a Terrance and Philip special in Cartman's house. When they see a commercial offering a free sports watch with a five dollar donation to famine relief, they're overjoyed, but instead of receiving a watch, the boys receive an Ethiopian boy.
Original airdate- November 19, 1997
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| Episode 38- The Wonder Years- Ninth Grade Man | 18 sept. 2021 | 00:41:34 | |
On the first day back to school, Kevin (Fred Savage) discovers that ninth grade is no piece of cake
Original airdate- September 26, 1990
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| Episode 37- Beverly Hills 90210- Wildfire | 11 sept. 2021 | 01:18:53 | |
When Brandon, Brenda and their friends return to school, a new girl's attentions to Brandon and Dylan cause tension in the group
Original airdate- September 12, 1991 | |||